¹And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

¹ Waato din gaa no Rabbi tu Ayuba se, Jinda fun hari haw bindi ra, ka ne:

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

² «May no woone binde kaŋ goono ga saaware te kubay da sanniyaŋ kaŋ ra sinda bayray?

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

³ Ma guddu sohõ sanda alboro, Zama ay ga ni hã, kala ni ma dede ay se.

⁴Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁴ Man no ni go waato kaŋ ay na ganda dabey sinji? Dede hinne day, da ni gonda fahamay!

⁵Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

⁵ May no k'a hirro daŋ, za kaŋ ni ga bay? May no ka neesiyaŋ korfo salle a boŋ?

⁶Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

⁶ Ifo boŋ no i n'a dabey cina? Wala may no k'a lokoto tondey sinji

⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁷ waato kaŋ susubay handariyayzey doon care banda, Irikoy izey kulu mo kuuwa farhã sabbay se?

⁸And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

⁸ May mo no ka teeko daabu-daabu nda daabirjiyaŋ waati kaŋ a bagu, ka fun taray, Danga day gunde ra no a fun?

⁹When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

⁹ Waati kaŋ ay n'a daabu nda beene hirriyaŋ sanda kwaay cine, Kubay bi tik! mo ciya a se sanda hayyaŋ zaara-zaara.

¹⁰When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

¹⁰ Ay n'ay hirro daŋ a se mo, Ay na karangaleyaŋ nda kanjarey daŋ a gaa.

¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹¹ Ay ne mo: ‹Naŋ kaŋ ni ga kaa neeya, Amma ni si bisa a gaa. Noodin binde no ni hari bonday boŋbeeraykoyey ga kay.›

¹²Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

¹² Za ni teeyaŋ, ni doona ka susubay no lordi, wala? Ni naŋ mo boyaŋ ma nga nango bay no?

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹³ Zama a ma ndunnya hirro me di, ka boro laaley kokobe ka kaa a ra mo?

¹⁴It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

¹⁴ Ndunnya ga bare sanda botogo kaŋ gaa i na kawaatimi kar, A ga fun taray kwaaray, danga kwaay taalamante cine.

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

¹⁵ I ga boro laaley ganji ngey kaaro, Kambe sambante mo no ga ceeri.

¹⁶Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁶ Nin wo, ni doona ka furo naŋ kaŋ teeku ga fatta no? Wala ni doona ka bar-bare a guusuyaŋey lokotey ra?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁷ I na buuyaŋ windi me dabirjey cabe ni se ce fo no? Wala ni jin ka di buuyaŋ biya windi me daabirjey?

¹⁸Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁸ Ni ga ndunnya tafayyaŋo bay, wala? To. Ma ci, hala day ni ga woodin yaŋ kulu bay!

¹⁹Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

¹⁹ Man fonda kaŋ ga koy kaari nangora do? Kubay binde, man no a nango go?

²⁰That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

²⁰ Hala nda ni ma kond'a noodin a nango ra, Ni ma fondey mo bay kaŋ ga koy a kwaara!

²¹Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

²¹ Sikka si ni ga bay, Zama alwaato din i na ni hay, Ni jirbey kuuyaŋo ga baa mo!

²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

²² Ni furo neezo* buwayaŋ ra ce fo no? Wala ni bay ka di gari buwayaŋ no?

²³Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

²³ Wo kaŋ yaŋ ay jisi kankami jirbey sabbay se, Danga wongu nda tangami jirbey sabbay se no.

²⁴By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

²⁴ Fondo woofo ra no i ga kaari fay-fay? Mate no i ga wayna funay hawo say-say d'a ndunnya boŋ?

²⁵Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

²⁵ May no ka goota kortu hari-yaa se? Wala may no ka fondo kortu kaatiyaŋ maliyaŋ se?

²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

²⁶ Zama beene hari ma kaŋ laabu kaŋ boro si no boŋ, Taasi beerey boŋ, naŋ kaŋ boro si no,

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

²⁷ Zama a ma laabu kogo nda gangani kungandi, A ma naŋ mo subu tayo ma zay ka fatta.

²⁸Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

²⁸ Beene hari gonda baaba, wala? Wala may no ka harandaŋ tolliyaŋ hay?

²⁹Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

²⁹ May gunda ra no gari fun? Beene gar'ize kwaarayey mo, may no k'i hay?

³⁰When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

³⁰ Hari bare ka sandi sanda tondi cine, Guusuyaŋey batama ciya glas.

³¹Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

³¹ Ni ga hin ka Dibi handariyayzey marga haw, wala? Wala ni ga hin ka Aliyu hawyaŋ korfey feeri?

³²Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

³² Handariya margey alaamey binde, Ni ga hin k'i daŋ fondo? Ni ga hin ka Ywa nda nga izey candi?

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

³³ Ni ga beeney farilley bay? Wala ni ga hin k'i mayray sinji ndunnya boŋ?

³⁴Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

³⁴ Ni ga hin ka ni jinde sambu a ma to burey gaa, Zama hari kaŋ ga yulwa ma gusam ka ni daabu, wala?

³⁵Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

³⁵ Ni ga hin ka maliyaŋ donton no? A ga koy ni se no ka ne ni se: ‹Iri neeya?›

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

³⁶ May no ka laakal daŋ hala boro bina ra? Wala may no ka fahamay no boro bina se?

³⁷Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

³⁷ May no ga hin ka burey lasaabu nga laakalo do? Wala may no bora kaŋ ga hin ka beene foobey bare,

³⁸When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁸ Waati kaŋ ganda laabo margu nangu folloŋ ka sandi, Laabu guwey mo go ga naagu care gaa?

³⁹Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto ùGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat?